Teleskope, a pioneer in next-generation data security for the AI era, has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by M13, with continued support from Primary Venture Partners and Lerer Hippeau. The new capital will fuel Teleskope’s growth initiatives, strengthen its product roadmap, and scale its global market presence. This round brings the company’s total funding to $32.2 million.
As enterprises increasingly rely on artificial intelligence, they continue to grapple with massive amounts of fragmented data. According to recent studies, 74% of organizations identify data security as their biggest obstacle to AI adoption, while nearly half of security teams are constrained by budget reductions and a global shortfall of five million cybersecurity professionals. Legacy data protection tools, built to detect only basic personally identifiable information (PII), often generate thousands of low-priority alerts without meaningful insights or actionable remediation paths.
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Teleskope aims to change that with the industry’s first agentic data security platform, designed to function like an intelligent, autonomous security team. The platform automatically identifies, classifies, and safeguards sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments, adapting to company-specific policies and responding to threats in real time. This enables organizations to operate as though they have a full-scale, always-on data security team embedded within their infrastructure.
“When I worked as a security engineer at Airbnb, I saw firsthand how challenging it was to manage and classify petabytes of data across countless systems,” said Elizabeth Nammour, CEO and Founder of Teleskope. “Existing tools couldn’t keep up with the complexity or the scale. We built Teleskope to think and act like a human security team — one that can automatically detect, contextualize, and remediate risks. This funding allows us to expand that vision, helping enterprises adopt AI confidently while maintaining complete control over their data.”
At the core of Teleskope’s innovation lies a multi-stage classification pipeline powered by lightweight machine learning models. These models route information to specialized AI engines that perform deep contextual analysis, continuously scanning for vulnerabilities and mapping them to frameworks such as NIST, GDPR, and CIS. By doing so, Teleskope ensures compliance and mitigates risks before they evolve into incidents.
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Organizations using Teleskope are already seeing measurable improvements in their data protection posture.
“Teleskope has transformed our entire approach to data security,” said Lock Langdon, Chief Information Security Officer at Aprio, LLP. “We rely on it for both data security posture management and data retention oversight. The platform not only discovers sensitive data but also understands context and automatically takes action. It’s like having a fully staffed data management team within our environment — one that empowers innovation while keeping our data secure.”
Alongside the new investment, Teleskope announced the appointment of Karl Alomar, Managing Partner at M13, to its Board of Directors. Alomar brings extensive operational and investment experience, having played a key role in scaling DigitalOcean from a startup to a publicly traded company on the NYSE, as well as co-founding several successful technology ventures.
“Artificial intelligence is reshaping how businesses manage data and infrastructure, but it’s also introducing new and more complex security risks,” said Karl Alomar. “Teleskope addresses a critical need in the security stack — protecting sensitive data with unmatched precision and ease of use. Lizzy and her team have built a groundbreaking product and a company poised to lead the emerging category of agentic data security.”
With this funding, Teleskope plans to accelerate adoption of its autonomous, AI-powered security platform, empowering enterprises to embrace AI-driven innovation while ensuring end-to-end protection of their most valuable digital assets.
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